Nagpur: Four final year students of Nagpur Institute of Technology (NIT) have missed their two papers while there is uncertainty over rest of the exams as the college, Nagpur University (NU) and joint director of technical education allegedly delayed their transfer process. Their college had filed closure a couple of years ago. The next paper is on Wednesday and the college had assured them that if he authorities approve their file, they could appear for the remaining papers.

This is the second such case where the authorities have delayed the transfer process leaving students running from pillar to post. Earlier this year, students of ITM college too had faced the same situation.

The MBA students are lucky as the trust running NIT has another functional management college where these students can be accommodated.

NIT principal Nilesh Singh Thakur said they had been regularly following up the case of these four students with the technical education department and the university, but there has been no decision on their fate.

He said the college had sent a representative to the directorate of technical education which asked him to meet the joint director of technical education Gulabrao Thakre. “In case the file is approved, we will request the university to allow the students to appear in the exam,” the principal said.

Thakre said transfer of students in the second year was not permissible as per rules. “The university didn’t accept their forms,” he said.

NU college section officials said, “The college was closed a couple of years ago. These four students had backlog and entered the second year in 2018. The college gave them admission to second year without taking university’s permission. Around a month ago, the students had come to the university but approached the wrong department,” they said.

The students were finally referred to the college section which asked them to approach directorate of technical education (DTE). “The DTE took its own time to respond and conveyed to college section that it had no objection in transfer. But, this communication was made in November while the admission deadline was over in September,” they said.

Officials added that the students can now be admitted only in 2019-20.

The students said they had not received any communication regarding the principal’s assurance for Wednesday’s paper.